IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wabeno
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987WI037005
  • User Pedon ID: S1987WI037005
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90A - Iron River/Argonne Drumlins DSMMLRA 90A - Langlade Lobe Drumlins DSM Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60314
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 45.9780540
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6419449
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2250 feet east and 1500 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description: Florence County, WI; Nicolet National Forest.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI037—Florence
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI037—Florence County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Natzke and David Hvizdak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wabeno
  • PSC - 25 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Champion
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Fragiorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: drumlin
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    51 - 168

    - 117 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    redox concentrations

    0—13

    8—13

    13—36

    36—119

    36—36

    51—119

    51—168

    51—119

    —13—

    —5—

    —23—

    —83—

    —0—

    —68—

    —117—

    —68—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. many roots
    E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. many roots
    Bs—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P00998. many roots
    2E/B—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam, silt loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P00999. brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam (E') comprising 70% of the horizon completely surrounding isolated remnants of reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam (B); many roots
    2Bx/E—51 to 119 centimeters (20.1 to 46.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) loamy sand, sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy, and fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01000. reddish brown (5YR 4/3) sandy loam (Bx) comprising 70% of the horizon with bornw (7.5YR 5/4) loamy sand (E') surrounding peds of Bs; common medium prominent 5YR58 mottles
    2Bx—119 to 168 centimeters (46.9 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01001
    2C—168 to 178 centimeters (66.1 to 70.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; massive; friable; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog.